Director of Nursing
Company: Surgery Partners
Location: Irvine
Posted on: November 9, 2024
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Job Description:
DescriptionJOB TITLE: Director of Nursing
GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES: The Director of Nursing is responsible
for the day-today operations of the Surgery Center. This includes
but is not limited to overseeing the scheduling of procedures,
inventory control, QA/ QI, staff credentialing,
preventativemaintenance and safety, risk management and all related
supporting services of the ambulatory surgical center and its
personnel.
REPORTING: VP of Operations
EDUCATION and/ or Experience:* Graduate of an accredited school of
nursing* Current California Registered Nurse License* Current
American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Qualification Requirements:To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential
duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Major Functions and Responsibilities:The main function of the
Director of Nursing is that of leadership and promotion of
cooperativestaff effort. The Director of Nursing is responsible for
the allocation and completion of assigned functions in daily
operations.
Areas of accountability of the Director of Nursing are outlined as
follows:* Monitor day-to-day internal flow* Assist in Pre-Op, PACU,
and O.R.* Coordination of activity within the O.R. suite.* Maintain
adherence to operating policy/procedure manuals* Monitor daily
staffing of employees and assignments.* Ability to maintain good
interpersonal relationships with patients, co workers, and other
health team members.* Responsibility for performance evaluation of
all department personnel.* Coordination of the provision and
control of materials, supplies, and equipment with the Materials
Manager.* Risk Manager Designee.* Maintain Employee Files.* Monitor
payroll/ overtime.
Fiscal Management* Monitors budget compliance in daily assessment
of services activity.* Provides input into preparation of services
budget.
Standards of Nursing Practice* Monitors compliance of staff members
in the daily practice of nursing care.* Must demonstrate the
knowledge of the principle of growth and development of the
lifespan and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the
patients requirements relativeto his/her age specific needs and to
provide the care needed* Cultural practices will be addressed and
supported as long as such practices do not harmothers or interfere
with planned course of medical therapy.
Policies and Procedures* Monitors staff compliance with policy and
procedures.* Enforces compliance with policy and procedures.*
Provides counseling and disciplinary measures to Ambulatory Care
Services personnelfor non- compliance with policy and
procedures.
Staffing and Utilization of Services Personnel* Assigns services
personnel based on levels of competency and the needs of the
patient.* Assures equitable staff assignments.* Participates in
selection of services personnel* Completes and posts services
personnel schedule.
Staff Development* Actively participates in weekly nursing/clinical
staff meetings.* Monitors staff compliance with orientation and
annual re-certification/ training.
Services Environment* Monitors service environment daily and
adheres to the infection control program.* Accountable for yearly
inspections* Maintains compliance and risk management* Manages QA
Program.
Language Skills:Ability to read, analyze and interpret general
business periodicals, professional journals,technical procedures,
or governmental regulations. Ability effectively present
information andrespond to questions from groups of managers,
clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills:Ability to apply basic mathematical
fundamentals and concepts such as: probability,
statisticalinference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and
proportions.
Reasoning Ability:Ability to define problems, collect data,
establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability tointerpret a
variety of technical instructions in diagram form and deal with
several abstract andconcrete variables.
Physical Demand:The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by anemployee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essentialfunctions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly
required to walk and reach andstretch with hands and arms. The
employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle,or
feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently
required to stand; sit, climb orbalance stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl and smell.The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to
25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or moveup to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distancevision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception, and the ability to adjust the focus.Occasionally may
use excessive strength to restrain confused or combative patients
during andafter anesthesia induction.
Work Environment:The work environment characteristics described
above are representative of those an employeeencounters while
performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodationsmay be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of
this job, the employee occasionally works electrical equipmentand
may be exposed to communicable disease, wet and/or humid
conditions, fumes or airborneparticles. The noise level in the work
environment is usually moderate.
ENVIRONMENTAL/WORKING CONDITIONS: Normal busy office environment
andoccasional evening and/or weekend work.
This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for
meeting job requirements.Responsibilities, knowledge, skills,
abilities and working conditions may change as needsevolve.
Benefits:
Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity
Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not
discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based
on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national
origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical
condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status,
genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by
federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all
personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training,
promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization
is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal
employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure
diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural
organization.
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